Lee pro 220v furnace trouble!!

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I'm having some trouble wiring this, I got a 250v extension cord with 4 lead ins they are red back white and green. The pot has 3 which are brown blue and green. Tge green to green for grounding. Now the lee tech said that the white from the extension is supposed to be ignored and red was hot black is cold and greens are ground. The guy from home depot and lady from general electric said that black and Rex are tied in togethor as hot, white is cold which ties into the blue and green to green are grounding. Can someone who got this pot help me out.


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Personally I would call Lee again, I am not an electrician and do not pretend to be.
I think the information you got from GE was to hook the pot up 110. Are you sure this is a 220 pot. The reason I ask. For 220 you should have 4 wires two hot, a ground and a neutral.
Three wires would indicate 110 a hot, ground and a neutral
 
I also would call Lee...or go start a good hot fire and place a cast iron pot over it with your ingots in it. You will be castin' in no time! :D

I know you are very frustrated...I would be too. Lee tech should help ya get things straightened out. Good luck and let us know how it turns out!
 
Three wires would indicate 110 a hot, ground and a neutral
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No it doesn't.

Did the pot come with a plug? I think you screwed up getting a 220V, but it can be made to work. If you plug a 220V pot into a 110V outlet, it should warm up but at one fourth its rated output (which would really suck, but not as bad as burning it up)

What does the plug look like, and what does your outlet look like? You want a NEMA 6-15 outlet unless the pot has a NEMA 6-20 plug for some reason. NEMA 6-15 (15A 220V) has two horizontal blades with a round ground pin underneath.
 
I'm having some trouble wiring this, I got a 250v extension cord with 4 lead ins they are red back white and green. The pot has 3 which are brown blue and green. Tge green to green for grounding. Now the lee tech said that the white from the extension is supposed to be ignored and red was hot black is cold and greens are ground. The guy from home depot and lady from general electric said that black and Rex are tied in togethor as hot, white is cold which ties into the blue and green to green are grounding. Can someone who got this pot help me out.
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:eek:

Tape up the white wire. You don't use it but it shouldn't just float around in there where it could short out. Connect black-to-blue, red-to-brown, and green-to-green. (or black-brown and red-blue, it doesn't make any difference)
 
yep... you just have an extra wire in there. Don't need to use it at all. There should be two "hot" wires that each will measure 115V to ground, or 230V between the two. Those, and one ground wire should be all you need.
The color wire that you use (other than the green) is strictly up to you, depending on the plug configuration, of course.
It sounds like you bought a cord designed for three-phase power. (4 conductor) Your pot should be single phase. (3 conductor)
 
The supply cord has 2 hot wires on opposite legs of the service (red and black), a neutral wire (white), and a ground (green or bare.) It's for a normal 220V 4-wire circuit, like for a modern electric stove or dryer. The white wire is for the timer, clock, motor, electronics, etc that runs on 110v
 
The supply cord has 2 hot wires on opposite legs of the service (red and black), a neutral wire (white), and a ground (green or bare.) It's for a normal 220V 4-wire circuit, like for a modern electric stove or dryer. The white wire is for the timer, clock, motor, electronics, etc that runs on 110v
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Got it... the white is the neutral for a 120V circuit. I've dealt mostly with industrial electrical stuff.. wasn't aware of the 4 conductor for home use. Thanks for the info.
 
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